Scott writes: "Today was hopefully my final day in the hospital. I think Karin mentioned the experience she had in a prior blog, but I am glad she went on the best day. She might have lost it completely if she saw what I have seen. Today was no better. A couple of missed veins, blood everywhere, person walking on the flimsy roof overhead sending down dust, a fluorescent light bulb and exposed wires from a light fixture and a whole list of other things. But now I have mentioned the bad stuff, I do want to talk about the amazing part of the trip to the hospital, because good things have been hard to come by.
For some reason today I was very much the center of attention because I was a American with a Chinese baby. I have had this attenenion before, but it was usually when I was getting chastised for not putting enough clothes on the girls.
An elderly grandmotherly woman was among a group of 10 or so mothers who all came over in a rush once they noticed I had a translator. They had so many questions and every one was happy for us. The "grandmother" read Serra's hand and noticed her knuckles had a slight indent and she said that was a sign of good luck. She also said that since the baby has such good luck, it must be meant to be that her path crossed with mine. She said we will be very lucky in the future. Once the excitement wound down, all of the women went back to their families. The grandmother, however, came back when everybody left me, including Cobe our translator. She grabbed Serra's hand and stared at her for a moment. She then said something to me in Chinese in a very heartfelt tone and started to cry. She did her best to smile, gave me a thumbs up and went on her way. Although we have commented on many of the crazy things we have seen and done, I wanted to make sure that people realize that MOST, if not ALL of the people we have encountered have been amazingly caring and sincerely happy to see Karin and I with our new family. They make me feel blessed for this opportunity and proud to have China as a part of my life, through my daughters, forever."-Scott
For some reason today I was very much the center of attention because I was a American with a Chinese baby. I have had this attenenion before, but it was usually when I was getting chastised for not putting enough clothes on the girls.
An elderly grandmotherly woman was among a group of 10 or so mothers who all came over in a rush once they noticed I had a translator. They had so many questions and every one was happy for us. The "grandmother" read Serra's hand and noticed her knuckles had a slight indent and she said that was a sign of good luck. She also said that since the baby has such good luck, it must be meant to be that her path crossed with mine. She said we will be very lucky in the future. Once the excitement wound down, all of the women went back to their families. The grandmother, however, came back when everybody left me, including Cobe our translator. She grabbed Serra's hand and stared at her for a moment. She then said something to me in Chinese in a very heartfelt tone and started to cry. She did her best to smile, gave me a thumbs up and went on her way. Although we have commented on many of the crazy things we have seen and done, I wanted to make sure that people realize that MOST, if not ALL of the people we have encountered have been amazingly caring and sincerely happy to see Karin and I with our new family. They make me feel blessed for this opportunity and proud to have China as a part of my life, through my daughters, forever."-Scott
Karin writes: "So our last day in Nanchang didn't suck. The girls are under 100 degrees without fever reducer. Anna started to play and be a really happy girl and Serra, although had to get an IV today and was a little cranky was a trooper. While they napped Coby and I went and did a little shopping. I got some cute things for Rowan and Charley Rose and some material for Anne to make dresses for Christmas with. When we got back we had a calligrapher come to our room and make these amazing 6ft scrolls with the girls names where they are from and well wishes for their lives! very pretty! We then took a walk in this huge outdoor mall that was nice. Coby got a private room in a restaurant and treated us to an amazing meal. It was a really great day. While we were walking through the mall we kept getting stopped by hoards of people admiring the girls and wishing us well. It is so funny how people just love us and think twins are just the coolest thing and amazing blessing!!! Of course we do too! We leave here tomorrow morning for Guangzhou. I hope they are good travellers. They really like to be snuggled into their carriers, thank goodness for that. It might be a day or so before I figure out the whole Internet thing in our new place, I will try to do so quickly." - :o) Karin
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